How To Clear Cache On The Twitter App – SlashGear

Once you delete the cache from the Twitter app, any photos or gifs that were stored will be purged. If any of these temporary files were corrupt and negatively affecting the app, you’ll have a smoother experience running it once they’re gone. However, the next time you open Twitter, the app will need to redownload these files for you to see them, so if you’re not on a fast connection you’ll notice it takes slightly longer for the page to load as you scroll down your timeline. If you’re not on Wi-Fi, retrieving these images from Twitter’s servers rather than locally from your phone’s storage will use up some of your data, which is something to keep in mind if you’re keeping an eye on your data usage. Of course, if your device’s storage was full and needed to constantly upload and download files to any cloud services you’re using as backup (like iCloud), freeing up space on your phone by clearing the cache will ultimately reduce your data usage, not increase it.

When you delete cache, you’re deleting temporary files, so you won’t have to worry about losing any account information. All the important stuff like your profile and banner images, direct messages, and following and followers lists will all be preserved. After deleting your cache, you can log back into your Twitter account and start scrolling through your feed as you normally would.